→ Did you know there are holly, jolly Christmas events for everyone in Pittsburgh this year? → Did you know the annual Highmark Light Up Night kicks off the holiday season in Pittsburgh? This…
Why I started experimental cooking using leftovers and cheap ingredients
In my younger years I was a cook. I spent almost 10 years cooking at various places, mostly mom and pop style breakfast n’ lunch types. I wasn’t trained, I…
Who’s the ghost with the most? Beetlejuice, of course!
→ Did you know the 1988 comedy-horror film “Beetlejuice” was not originally written about a hilarious and mischievous poltergeist? Co-screenwriter Michael McDowell created the infamous character portrayed by “Forest Grove” native…
HIDDEN PLIGHT: Mental illness isn’t just a national problem, but a local one, too
I once heard a story a couple of years ago about a supervisor for a local alcohol recovery program who was secretly providing alcohol to alcoholics while they were supposed…
Halloween Festivities
Trick-Or-Treat CORAOPOLIS –Thursday, Oct. 28 from 6 to 8 p.m. CRAFTON – Sunday, Oct. 31 from 6 to 8 p.m. INGRAM – Saturday, Oct. 30 from 2 to 4 p.m. (Annual parade and…
Zombie filmmaker George Romero cut his teeth in the steel city
→ Did you know legendary zombie filmmaker George A. Romero went to Carnegie Mellon University? Upon graduating in 1961 from the college, which was called Carnegie Institute of Technology at…
For your next movie night, don’t just binge watch at home
This past weekend I went to the Dependable Drive-In Movie Theater in Moon Township. I hadn’t been to a drive-in in years, the last time being at Twin Hi-Way in…





